Toolangi Trip Report.

[allanmac]

Six vehicles arrived at McKenzie Reserve Yarra Glen nice and early Saturday morning & after the introductions & a quick trip pre brief, we headed off at 8.30am. Taking part were;
ATOWEN - Anthony & his mate Leon in the Challenger
CTRX - Bill & his family in the Landcruiser
TRITON05 - Chris & young daughter & mate, Adrian in a Triton
BLUEPIG - Mal & Michelle in the Triton
BLAKNAV - Scott in his Navara
And yours truely.

1st track of the day was Rocky Track & after airing down, all vehicles negotiated the 1st section without any issues...

Airing down

Rocky Track

ATOWEN

BLUEPIG

CRTX

TRITON05

BLAKNAV

After completing the section of Rocky, with Scott glad he had fitted his bash plates, we headed onto Downies Spur Track. Alot of work has been done on this track & it presented no problems & arriving at the one bog hole we came across another group of 4wders. One of their group had attempted the bog hole & required winching so all of us decided to give it a 'big miss'... A guy in a Rangie was hoping to find another one along the way & I suggested he make his way to a little track off Lukes Creek, as this was where we were heading. I didnt think any of our group would be interested in giving the bog hole a crack & we would all take the newly formed bypass track. Problem was the bypass track was totally different to what it was a few weeks ago, so after numerous attempts I finally got through with a few others deciding to take a very narrow path beside the bog hole. Bill decided he would give the bog hole a crack without any success & was snatched out after a little water entering the 'cruiser'. He then proceeded onto the 'bypass track' but had to winch to get over the 1st section. Anthony & Scott both hit this section at a fair rate of knots with the nudge bar of the Challenger in a slightly different position from original... The other group arrived & the Rangie attempted the boghole, as he thought he would get through as he was on 35's....

CRTX

RANGIE

We then made our way to Pines Track where there was a small bog hole that all drove through then we headed onto Martins Track & stopped for a lunch break.

Tritono5

Blaknav

After lunch it turned 'pear shaped' for Scott....

 

[allanmac]

We then made our way to Steep Track.. Abtly named as it is steep & very rocky. We all headed up with a few saying they had just lost 10k of life from their muddie tyres then Michelle was on the radio saying Scott (Blaknav) had a major issue & was going nowhere... Those of us who were ahead made our way back to find Scott stuck in a fairly precarious position with what seemed like a blown front diff..... After him getting back down onto Marginal Rd the day looked like finishing early.

The Nav was drivable in 2wd & with Chris deciding to head home back to Sunbury following Scott, the rest of us decided to continue on to Aeroplane Track. The 1st part of this track was very easy, then it all changed with big ruts & track somewhat slippery in places. We came across a Patrol that was going nowhere & after snatching him, he tried a different line & 'snatch No.2' was required.

We then made our way to the infamous 'Cockpit/Blowhard Tracks' Both of these used to be extreme but after they were both graded, they werent too bad. They are both now becoming their 'old selfs' making them very interesting in the wet... Both tracks required all the vehicles to as Anthony said; 'To be valve bouncing' to get up. Mal required a snatch on Blowhard; but at least it was another Mitsubishi who helped him out...

Other than the drama for Scott, it was a great day. Was fantastic to meet new people & hopefully all had a great day. As Michelle said, or was it me; "The best fun you can have with your pants on'....

Thanks for all those who took part; great people & plan is to get out again soon....

Cheers

 

[Elbie84]

Why is the bloke in a couple of them photos wearing a helmet hooking up the snatch to the patrol lol

 

[allanmac]

Why is the bloke in a couple of them photos wearing a helmet hooking up the snatch to the patrol lol

Apparently they were riding push bikes & walked back up the track to help out the guy in the Patrol.....

 

[atowen]

Was an awesome day out, although shame about the Navara!

coming down Aeroplane (bottomed out on 32's )

coming up cockpit

going nowhere fast up blowhard! (Mitsubishi's dont get stuck, they simply fail to proceed )

to the rescue

Anth

 

[allanmac]

Glad you enjoyed the day Anthony & thanks for leading the crew at times during the day....

 

[jack48]

Shall remember Anth, you are now recovery vehicle No. 1, officially

Great pics and reports guys, looks like you had fun

 

[Big Matt]

Looks like a great day out

 

[Croozer]

Looks like a awsome day out again Alan

 

[oznog05]

Great report and pics.

Any new on the Narvara?

 

[bluepig]

Thanks Alan and everyone had a fantastic day scott hope the navs ok and your not sleeping on the couch got some photos of you turning on the track
toolangi pictures by bluepig1 - Photobucket

Anth the number 1 recovery vehicle thanks mate off to get a decent tyre deflator when we got back to yarra glen to air up at the caltex the gauge read 28psi instead of 22 which i thought i had even 22 would have been toooo high

Michelle agreed with you alan it was the best fun with her pants on now she wants to do a 4wd course now ill have to share the driving
cant wait for the next one

 

[crtx]

Hi Guys,

Great to meet a few new faces and thanks for leading a sensational trip Alan as said before its great following a trip where the tracks are know and good knowledge of the areas, we all had a absolute ripper of a time, my cousin is now looking at getting a 80 series he loved it that much.
Sorry to the guy in the Nissan who done his front end diff.

I can now say iv done Rocky well that first past at least going via the by pass track jeeze it looked challenging alot of winching to get up some of those rock faces.

Hands down though the late afternoon tracks took the cake. cockpit, blowhard, aeroplane were fantastic tracks just full boost 2nd gear and gave it all it had to get up a few of those tracks with wheel spin kinda like a washing machine getting bounced around everywhere was very fun, all i said to the crew was hold on we aint stopping for nothing. Love to head back out there again.

I kinda felt good that disco got bogged with 35's bit of carpet cleaning is required in the front drivers side no big deal at all.

I have some video i'll try and get down from the camera and onto the forums sometime this week, but for now here are a few photos.

Here are some photos

 

[blaknav]

hi guys i think my new nick name needs to be busta.
yeah it was really good to get out and meet some new faces thanks allen for half a good day out.
maby next time ill be able to stay the rest of the day (might have to put some gq diffs under it first though well after the first few ks the noise went away and i managed to limp it home.
had to take it to work today too hasnt made the noise again but ive been very ginger with it.
once again thanks to everyone for the help even though id only met all of you that day everyone turned round and came back to lend a hand i really appreciate it.
the car goes in tomorrow so ill let you know how it goes.
thanks again.scott.
p.s. ill chuck some photos up soon when i figure out how to use this box with all the buttons thats sitting in front of me.

 

[blaknav]

Pictures by blaknav - Photobucket
just a quick one heres my photos of the day cheers scott

 

[Lost 2]

Just a simple question,would the 32s rub with out a 2 inch lift.On a Triton?

 

[allanmac]

Scott hope the damage isnt too bad, or expensive.., but I have a feeling it maybe a bit of both...

Hopefully you will still want to get out with us again one day....

A couple more pics from the trip.

 

[UAV]

Just a simple question,would the 32s rub with out a 2 inch lift.On a Triton?

If its a new triton then you will be fine, as this is what i was running, i now have 2" and 33s (255/85/16) althought you could also run this tyre size with no lift

looks like a great day out! i havent been out that way since about 2006 cause i sold my 4b now i have one again and after seeing these photos i cant wait to head back. Cheers guys

 

[Grey Ghost]

Just a simple question,would the 32s rub with out a 2 inch lift.On a Triton?

If its an MK model, older body shape, then the 32"s will be VERY close to the front of the front wheel arches if they don't already rub. I tried to bulldoze an erosion run off the other week and pushed the front bumper corner into my 31" muddies, bloody noisy as all get out!

 

[marty e]

If its an MK model, older body shape, then the 32"s will be VERY close to the front of the front wheel arches if they don't already rub. I tried to bulldoze an erosion run off the other week and pushed the front bumper corner into my 31" muddies, bloody noisy as all get out!

so what about 255 75 do you need a lift for that size on a mn triton 2010

 

[bluepig]

so what about 255 75 do you need a lift for that size on a mn triton 2010

ive got 265/75/16 on mine and they dont rub and i know a couple of guys who have mtz's and maxxis bighorns running the same size and dont have a problem